as the costs of basics like sugar.

But any sense that the continent as a whole is leaning toward Russia is mistaken.the Russian leader has tried to use the Wests colonial past and its perceived condescension toward Africa to woo the continent.

suggesting that it was African leaders who had actually changed their stance on global affairs.implying there was no point in discussing anything as the war would continue.As Putin has become increasingly isolated by sanctions imposed over his war in Ukraine.

Russia hits Ukrainian grain facility; new video appears to show Wagner chief 05:54 Putin has miscalculated the mood on this continent.Russias Wagner Group accused of a massacre hidden from the world 05:01 Russias future relations with AfricaThe poor attendance from African heads of state at the summit will be a bitter blow for Putin.

Petersburg are Mali and the Central African Republic.

leading a peace mission to Europe was something they [African leaders] hadnt done since the end of colonialism.a large Viking burial site was discovered by Norwegian archaeologists.

The ship is from the Merovingian Era.according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.

a Scandinavian science and technology publication.That site was in the southeastern part of the country.